Designed for portability

Unsurpassed reliability

With a durable Gorilla Glass display and rigorous reliability testing, you won’t find a more reliable tablet in its class.

Rear-facing camera

Fire HD features a 2MP rear-facing camera that allows for high-resolution photos and 1080p HD video.

Front-facing camera

Fire HD includes a front-facing camera that is perfect for Skype video calls and taking selfies to share via Facebook or e-mail.

Which color will you choose?

Fire HD is available in black, citron, cobalt, white, or magenta.

Stay connected

Amazon Silk is our cloud-optimized web browser, exclusively available on Fire Tablets and Phones. The latest version now includes print support and Private Browsing mode (coming soon). Private Browsing allows you to browse the web without Silk saving a record of what you visit. Other features include Reading View, which provides a clean, easy-to-read version of websites by removing unnecessary images and clutter.

The email app on Fire tablets makes sending mail, viewing attachments, grouping conversations by subject, and syncing contacts simple. The app provides full support for the world’s most popular email providers.

Fire tablets are fully integrated with Facebook and Twitter, making it easy to connect and share with friends and family.

Be entertained

Rent or purchase the biggest new releases and most popular movies and TV shows. Stream instantly over Wi-Fi or download to enjoy later.

Fire tablets are built for the best in gaming, with tilt, turn, and multi-touch controls.

With X-Ray for music, see lyrics that display line-by-line while you listen to many of your favorite songs. You can also explore an immersive artist experience with photos, videos, and more.

Our interactive magazine experience allows you to start reading in just a few seconds with access to any back issue at any time on the cloud. Many Kindle Magazines come with a 30-day free trial.

Be productive

Create, edit, view, and print Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files on your Fire tablet with WPS Office. Check and reply to work email on-the-go with a robust Exchange email experience with ActiveSync. Fire tablets also support printing to your home or office’s wireless printer.

Amazon FreeTime

Parents can create a profile for each of their children and choose what books, apps, games, and videos they want to give their kids access to. Amazon FreeTime is free on every Fire tablet. Parents can also set daily limits for tablet use, or restrict certain categories—like games and video—while leaving unlimited time for reading.

Compare Fire Tablets

Fire HD 6

Fire HD 7

Kindle Fire HDX

Fire HDX 8.9

Starting Price

$99

$139

$199

$379

Screen Size

6″

7″

7″

8.9″

Resolution

1280 x 800 (252 ppi)

1280 x 800 (216 ppi)

1920 x 1200 (323 ppi)

2560 x 1600 (339 ppi)

Processor

Quad-core up to 1.5 GHz

Quad-core 2.2 GHz

Quad-core 2.5 GHz

Battery Life

8 hours mixed use

8 hours mixed use

11 hours mixed use

12 hours mixed use

Audio

Dolby Audio, Mono speaker, Built-in micro-phone

Dolby Audio, Dual stereo speakers, Built-in micro-phone

Dolby Audio, Dual stereo speakers, Built-in micro-phone

Dolby Atmos, Dual stereo speakers, Built-in micro-phone

Wi-Fi

Single band Wi-Fi

Dual band, Dual antenna (MIMO) Wi-Fi

Dual band, Dual antenna (MIMO +HT80) Wi-Fi

4G

None

Wi-Fi + 4G LTE Unlocked GSM (incl. AT&T) Wi-Fi + 4G LTE (Verizon)

Camera

Front-facing VGA camera + 2 MP rear-facing

Front-facing HD camera

Front-facing HD camera + 8 MP rear-facing camera

Storage

8 or 16GB

16, 32, or 64GB

Dimensions

6.7″ x 4.1″ x 0.4″(169 X 103 X 10.7 mm)

7.5″ x 5.0″ x 0.42″ (191 X 128 X 10.6 mm)

7.3″ x 5.0″ x 0.35″ (186 X 128 X 9.0mm)

9.1″ x 6.2″ x 0.31″ (231 X 158 X 7.8mm)

Weight

10.1 oz (290 grams)

11.9 oz(337 grams)

Wi-Fi: 10.7 oz (303 grams) 4G: 11 oz (311 grams)

Wi-Fi: 13.2 oz (375 grams) 4G: 13.7 oz (390 grams)

Customer Support

Email, web, and phone

On-device “Mayday” button + email, web, and phone

Product Features

Fast quad-core processor up to 1.5 GHz-2x the speed and over 3x the graphics performance of previous generation Fire HD

Beautiful 6″ HD display-crisp, vivid HD display (252 ppi / 1280×800) with over a million pixels-perfect for movies, TV, games, photos, and more

Front and rear cameras-take photos or capture videos in 1080p HD with a rear-facing camera or Skype with a front-facing camera. Plus, free unlimited cloud storage for photos taken with Fire devices

2 COMMENTS

The single best value Fire in the entire line. Skip the Fire 7 and get the Fire 6 instead! If you read my Fire TV review you know that I am tough on Amazon when it comes to their own items. It needs to deliver quality for the price point to earn stars from me. Please take the time to read my entire review and feel free to ask questions. I will do my best to respond to them as I can and update the review to reflect those answers and other things I discover along the way.First my background. I own many Amazon Kindles (b&w, Fire gen2, Fire gen3) as well as Apple Ipad (gen…

Unreal performance for $99! I couldn’t be happier. I’ll preface this by saying that I own an iPad, and was not expecting a $99 tablet to perform at anywhere near that level. I have followed the early reviews closely, and after seeing enough satisfied customers, I figured I’d give the Kindle Fire HD 6 a try. I chose the base 8 GB with special offers and my plan was to use it as a secondary e-reader and a secondary or even tertiary vehicle for internet access. What I’ve found is a powerful little tablet, so far completely free of the bugs and…